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Failed Adoption Dogs – Surrender Fee Applicable | VOSD

SURRENDER FEE APPLICABLE
BEFORE YOU SURRENDER A DOG

Consider All Your Options

Sometimes there are underlying causes in the dog’s behaviour or health that result in failed adoptions; or often, the family cannot cope with the dog for whatever reason. Foster families also usually don’t keep dogs permanently and moving from one temporary home to another can become very stressful for dogs.

If you are struggling to find a permanent home for a dog that was once adopted and then given up, VOSD might be able to help.If you have reason to believe the dog will not, or is not being able to find a permanent home, then do reach out to us. 

Surrendering the dog to us MUST be your last option. VOSD provides this facility, only so that you do NOT abandon the dog. We are interested in the welfare and well-being of the dog.

WHEN NOT TO SURRENDER A DOG

If you’re considering surrendering a dog first consider THIS:

BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES:

If you’re considering not keeping the dog with you because of his behaviour: Please take the advice of your vet or consult a trainer for help with common behavioural problems. If you feel, however, that his behaviour is unusual, and that you need additional or other support, you may ask for our opinion by writing to us at info@vosd.in

RWA / NEIGHBOUR ISSUES:

If you’re considering not keeping the dog because of your neighbours or RWA restrictions:

  • Remember, it is not lawful for housing complexes to demand that you give up your pet, or impose other restrictions upon you, such as disallowing the use of elevators by dogs, etc.
  • Likewise, your neighbours can’t be unreasonable about your pet dog (if you’re a responsible pet owner), and object to natural behaviour such as barking, etc., or object to your having him with you. If that is what is happening, ask for support on the VOSD Facebook page, or look through the VOSD website FAQs & Blog for solutions, or write to us at info@vosd.in for support and advice. Do not bow down to unlawful demands.
IF YOU CAN RE-HOME THE DOG YOURSELF:

Try to find the dog a home yourself: Re-home the dog to a new home yourself. This transition will be much easier for the dog and will allow you to know that he is going to a good new home. Look for an alternate place that the dog can live in. VOSD should not be your first option. Check with friends and family, and network online and with the community of ‘adoption agencies’ in your city where the dog can find a home.

TYPES OF DOGS YOU CAN’T SURRENDER TO VOSD

  • You can’t ‘surrender’ a stray dog that lives in your street. Displacing a street dog is an illegal act in Indian law; and in any event, the vacuum that you create by displacing a street dog will be filled up by other street dog/s.
  • Picking a pup off the street, especially a pup that has a mother and is not an orphaned, all alone pup, is in fact tantamount to displacing the little dog, which is contrary to law. If you wish to pick such a pup off the street with a view to getting it adopted, this facility is NOT available to you.
  • You can’t surrender a pet dog that belongs to you that may have been entrusted to you temporarily and belongs to your spouse or children or parents. That is a breach of trust.

Please remember, you need to prove you are the owner/rescuer of the dog, and provide its medical history in order to be able to surrender the dog to us.

IF YOU CAN NO LONGER KEEP YOUR DOG, DO NOT:

• DON’T abandon your dog at a place far from home, or a strange area, in the hope that he won’t come back. Your dog lacks the skills to survive on his own and WILL die of starvation or injury. Other dogs will attack, and injure, or may even kill him, since dogs are territorial and tend to fight off other newer dogs that stray into their territory. AND, abandoning a dog like that is an offence in law.

• DON’T abandon your dog in a house or apartment you are moving out of, thinking that someone will eventually find him. Your dog lacks the skills to survive on his own. AND, abandoning a dog like that is an offence in law.

• DON’T give away your dog to a stranger. You don’t know if that person can be a responsible and kind pet owner. Dogs that end up in the wrong hands may be abused or abandoned or sold to breeders, etc.

VOSD

Surrender Fee

Please note there is a one time surrender fee of ₹20,000.

The surrender fees is a small percentage of the cost that VOSD will incur in the lifetime care of the dog you want to surrender. A lifetime of food, supplements, veterinary support and medication. It takes approx. ₹20,000 per year to maintain a healthy dog and can be 5 times that amount to maintain an infirm/disabled/old dog. 

Failed Adoptions

₹ 20,000.00
 
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Donation Total: ₹20,000.00

HOW TO

Surrender a dog to VOSD

If you have exhausted all other avenues, you can surrender the dog to the VOSD, SUBJECT TO our calling upon you to do so. For this you have to write to info@vosd.in with all details about the dog and reason why you wish to surrender the dog to VOSD. 

  • If we are persuaded that the circumstance warrants our intervention, and that the dog is in your custody and have shared accurate and verifiable information, we will accept any dog, without passing judgment on you.
  • This policy is entirely on VOSD’s discretion and can be discontinued, withdrawn or modified at any time without notice.
  • The decision of accepting or not accepting a dog rests solely with VOSD.

If because of any circumstance you have decided not to keep the dog, you can surrender the dog to VOSD. HOWEVER, you cannot simply bring the dog to us. Please follow the process of surrendering your dog to VOSD below.

SURRENDER PROCESS EXPLAINED

 

  1. For aggressive dogs, we require solid proof of the dog’s aggression. This may be in the form of video and/or photographic evidence. Evidence of injuries caused by the dog is also requested. 
  2. Once you get approval to surrender a dog to VOSD, you need to send us the vaccination and medical certificates as mentioned on the surrender link that will be shared with you.


    REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
    (1) A vet certificate on the dog’s age
    (2) Dog’s present condition
    (3) Diagnosis and prescription of medicines, if any
    (4) A photograph of the dog 
    (5) We will receive the dog from you on verification that the dog is tick and flea free
    (since the dog will come to a boarding/halfway home first) 
    (6) DLHPPi + Rabies shot documents

  3. Our team will connect you with our boarding partner in Bangalore to drop the dog. You will have to bear the transport cost as we do not provide transportation.
  4. VOSD will pay the boarding fees till we pick up the dog from the boarding center.
  5. After we pick up the dog from the boarding partner center, our team will send you an update when the dog reaches VOSD. That is the only update we share about surrendered dogs before we close the surrender ticket.
  6. We do not allow visits for surrendered dogs nor do we provide any individual updates about the surrendered dog. This is our standard surrender policy.
  7. If you do not agree with our surrender policy, kindly do not approach us to surrender the dog.
  8. Please note that we don’t admit non-vaccinated dogs to VOSD.

NOTE: If you choose to surrender a dog to the VOSD Sanctuary and Hospital, please remember that this is still as per the terms of the VOSD Standard Operating Procedure on visitation which means no individual updates are provided for surrendered dogs, and visits are not allowed. 

Ready to Surrender a Dog?

If you have understood the process and have all the required documents in order, please proceed to surrender your dog to VOSD.

WRITE TO VOSD